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Speed limit on rural roads set to be slashed

Written By Faye Sunderland Published On: Mar 23 2009
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The speed limit on rural roads may be cut from 50mph to 60mph without a change of road signs, leaving motorists vulnerable to prosecution, The Times reports.Ministers are considering the change for ‘non-built up single carriageway roads’ which a currently governed by the national speed limit sign (a white circle with a black stripe) which at presents indicates a speed limit of 60mph.The lower limit would apply automatically unless the local authority could prove that it was safe for the road to remain at 60mph.The Department for Transport (DfT) said research had shown that the change would save up to 250 lives a year, while a lower limit could reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.Shockingly, drivers are three times as likely to die per mile driven on rural roads as on urban roads.

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